Chapter 19 R-18+

"Well this just got interesting" Issei smiled as he went to sleep thinking about his oldest friend and their upcoming reunion.

(Unknown location)

"I hope you know what you're doing Irina." a female voice said as it looked towards the figure of Irina Shidou.

This young woman was medium height with blue hair that had a twinge of green and dark yellow eyes.

She was wearing a black, skin-tight, short sleeve leotard with pauldrons, matching fingerless gloves that extend to her biceps, and thigh-high boots, all of which are adorned with straps all over it.

"We'll be fine Xenovia. Issei's my friend and he agreed without asking any questions." Irina replied as she put her phone back at her desk.

Like Xenovia, Irina was medium height but she had long chestnut hair that was tied in twintails by a pair of blue scrunchy.

She was wearing the same attire as Xenovia which rather ironically was the exorcist battle suit.

"I hope so Irina. This is an important mission and we can't screw it up" Xenovia replied as she looked at her partner with a nervous gaze.

When Irina told her that she knew somebody who could help them, Xenovia was skeptical but things appeared to be going in their favor.

"I know Xenovia believe me, that's why I'm reaching out to Issei." Irina replied.

Her upcoming mission was dangerous and they needed any ally they could get.

(Scene Skip)

The next day Issei made his way over to the ORC after class in order to talk with Rias.

Because he typically headed to the kendo club after class, Karlamine had reluctantly taken to walking with Yumi and Asia who were in a different homeroom which bought him some time.

Admittedly Rias was surprised to see Issei show up.

"Hello Issei, Yumi and Karlamine haven't arrived yet." Rias said calmly.

"That's fine since I wanted to speak with you about a business matter and they would just complicate things." Issei replied.

He knew Rias was bitter about his relationship with her knights, but he didn't care since this was business.

"I see so what happened." Rias said as her eyes turned more focused.

"In two days a pair of exorcists will be coming to Kuoh Academy with the intention of speaking to you. I don't know what it's about, but what I do know is that something has happened with the church that requires them to be in Kuoh. All I need you to do is when they arrive to speak with them and hear them out peacefully." Issei explained.

Rias's eyes widened since this was a big deal. "Alright, but do you mind if I ask how you were told about this." Rias wondered

"Not at all. One of the exorcists is my childhood friend." Issei shrugged.

Rias was surprised to learn about that and a question immediately came to the forefront of her mind "Does she know?"

"That I'm the Red Dragon Emperor, yes. She and I trained together when we were kids, which is one of the reasons I'm so powerful." Issei replied frankly.

"I see". Rias said with a raised eyebrow.

"Well I have to go to kendo practice. See you around Rias" Issei smiled as he left the room calmly in order to go attend to his duties as the kendo club manager knowing that it was the only peace he was going to get for some time.

Whatever was bringing Irina to Kuoh had to be major and that meant that he would be involved in another mess in due time.

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The Excalibur Arc begins

To say Yumi Kiba was having a bad day would be the understatement of the century.

When she arrived at the ORC with Karlamine and Asia, Rias sat her down and delivered Issei's message about the exorcist's arrival in two days.

While that was irritating, the news that one of the exorcists was Issei's childhood friend was even worse.

Unlike Rias and Karlamine, Yumi knew that the source of his swordsman fetish was a childhood friend and Kiba was certain that she was the one about to arrive.

After dealing with her contract, Yumi made her way to her apartment in the pouring rain. "Oh look what we have here, a little devil girl all on her own." A very familiar and unpleasant voice cackled adding to her already bad mood.

"What hole did you crawl out of Freed? I'm really not in the mood to deal with you right now." Yumi scowled in annoyance.

Freed Sellzan was a rogue exorcist who Yumi and the group had the unpleasant pleasure of encountering during the situation with Raynare.

He had short white hair and beady red eyes.

His outfit consisted of a long blue overcoat with trim that consisted of a series of semi-circles with a gold dot in the middle over a white dress shirt and white pants with black shoes.

"I had to take a little break from devil killing, but I'm back and I brought a new friend with me." Freed smiled before revealing his blade and one that caused Yumi's annoyance to grow into pure rage.

The blade was like a long Kris, an asymmetrical dagger with alternating blade patterns.

"Where did you get that blade!?" Yumi roared with fury.

"Oh you mean my little Excalibur here. It was given to me by a friend." Freed cackled.

"Well whoever that friend is you'll have to apologize to them when I DESTROY THAT BLADE!" Yumi roared with fury as she summoned a blade of her own to defend herself.

It was a long black broadsword with a golden hilt.

Despite the various blades she used with Sword Birth, this was her main blade Holy Eraser and as the name suggests it does a particularly good job of destroying Holy Swords.

"Bring it on." Freed cackled as he tried to charge.

Yumi and Freed clashed blades a few times but Yumi scowled when she realized that the blade in front of her was holding strong.

"I'll destroy that blade if it's the last thing I do" Yumi scowled before charging again just to have a figure interrupt their battle.

"Need a little help Yumi" Karlamine smiled as she appeared in front of her new teammate with her own blade ready to go.

"Oh goodie I get two devils for the price of one and this new one is feisty." Freed cackled.

"Get out of here Karlamine this is my fight" Yumi yelled angrily.

"I'm not leaving you to fight him alone. We're teammates so I've got your back." Karlamine said firmly.

"Bring it girls" Freed cackled before a green magic circle appeared in his ear causing him to frown.

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